lsearch(3) Library Functions Manual lsearch(3) lfind, lsearch - C (libc, -lc) #include void *lfind(size_t *n, size_t size; const void key[size], const void base[*n * size], size_t *n, size_t size, typeof(int (const void [size], const void [size])) *compar); void *lsearch(size_t *n, size_t size; const void key[size], void base[*n * size], size_t *n, size_t size, typeof(int (const void [size], const void [size])) *compar); lfind() and lsearch() perform a linear search for key in the array base which has *n elements of size bytes each. The comparison function referenced by compar is expected to have two arguments which point to the key object and to an array member, in that order, and which returns zero if the key object matches the array member, and nonzero otherwise. If lsearch() does not find a matching element, then the key object is inserted at the end of the table, and *n is incremented. In particular, one should know that a matching element exists, or that more room is available. lfind() , NULL, . lsearch() , , . attributes(7). +----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ | | | | +----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ |lfind(), lsearch() | | MT-Safe | +----------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------+ POSIX.1-2008. POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD. libc-4.6.27. . bsearch(3), hsearch(3), tsearch(3) () Artyom Kunyov , Azamat Hackimov , Dmitry Bolkhovskikh , Katrin Kutepova , Konstantin Shvaykovskiy , Yuri Kozlov , Kirill Rekhov ; GNU (GNU General Public License - GPL, 3 ) , - . - , , () () () <>. Linux 6.15 28 2025 . lsearch(3)